CLEVELAND _ The A”s empty weekend in Cleveland came to a quiet conclusion Sunday. Struggling Sonny Gray, who had a history of dominating the Cleveland Indians, was gone after three-plus innings and 64 pitches as the Indians completed a three-game sweep with an 8-0 clobbering of the A”s.

The A”s came to Cleveland with a record of 9-4 record since the all-star break, the best record in the American League since the break. But all that changed here as the A”s were swept and out-scored 19-6 in the three-game series.

“They beat us. They are a good team. They just flat-out beat us,” said A”s manager Bob Melvin.

The first two games were relatively competitive, the A”s losing 5-3 and 6-3, but then came Sunday”s blowout, with the beleaguered Gray in the middle of it. Gray (5-10) came into the game with a record of 2-0 and a 0.64 ERA in four career starts vs. Cleveland.

He also came into the game with the highest ERA in the league among qualifiers (5.43) — and it went up to 5.84. In 3 1/3 innings he gave up seven runs on eight hits.

“It”s not his stuff. His stuff the last couple of starts has been good,” Melvin said. “It”s like he”s a little snake bit. Today they found some holes, and got some bounces to go their way.”

After retiring the first six batters he faced, Gray gave up five runs in the third inning, two coming on a home run by Mike Napoli.